The matchups are set - and the Yotes and Aggies get hosed on tv time, although the Aggies did get a prime time game in Missoula earlier in the year. ALL the seeds are playing each other. It's a battle of the thoroughbreds.
Excluding the Aggies in Vermillion, who are you most looking forward to watching? (25 votes)
#7 Mercer Bears @ #2 North Dakota State Bison
8%
#8 Idaho Vandals @ #1 Montana State Bobcats
80%
#6 Incarnate Word Cardinals @ #3 South Dakota State Jackrabbits
I'm biased since I live near the Palouse but Idaho feels like the one team that could beat Montana State on the road. Yes, I'm including the Ags in that.
I find myself rooting against Idaho, based on the Tubs guys preseason claim that Idaho was in an higher tier of conference teams than Davis. Rationally I should be rooting for Idaho as they are certainly a tier below Montana State, but I probably won’t,
I get a kick out of the tubs guy wanting a rematch with Davis. “We should have won that game ….yada yada yada. Well if they beat Montana State Friday night they may get their wish.
The seeds worked out in a way that gives both UCD and Idaho opportunities for redemption. UCD has a chance this weekend to prove it was more deserving of #4, and if it does that it then gets a second shot (assuming MSU beats Idaho) at handing MSU their first loss of the season. For Idaho, the road to Frisco potentially goes through the only teams it lost to, and on the road again.